 A downbeat Tony Mowbray was in no mood to speak about his future in the aftermath of last night's 4-0 drubbing by St Mirren. Despite ending the game with six attackers on the park, Celtic just could not recover and make inroads on the points difference with Rangers. Mowbray took responsibility for the team selection and tactics - who else could take the responsibility - but refused to talk about his future.He said: "I don't think I want to get into that tonight. I don't think it's a pertinent question. I've explained the game, in trying to be positive we lost a few goals. I take responsibility. I left some very young defenders exposed but it was done for the right reasons. You can look as deep into the result as you want and it's obviously not a great result but there were positive reasons why it was a negative result. We tried to be positive with the substitution and we suffered at the other end. You are either a brave coach or a negative coach. If you make those substitutions and it's 3-2 then it's the right thing to do. Make those substitutions and you lose two goals then it's the wrong thing to do. I understand that. Obviously it is a disappointing result but I can understand it in the way that we ended up with six strikers on the pitch. It's my nature as a coach, I try to be positive. I am never happy to be two goals down and by trying to get goals back and we made positive substitutions. Sometimes it can backfire and you have to take it on the chin. This club has got millions of fans all over the world, some will see what I am trying to do, some won't. I understand that, it's the nature of the job. I think the fans will be disappointed at the scoreline but the reasons were positive reasons and hopefully the supporters will understand the reasons." |